WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM:
GAUTENG LIONS forward Bruce Thorne will replace flank Andre Vos in the team to play against Eastern Province in a Currie Cup fixture in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Thorne missed last Sunday’s match against Mpumalanga because of his religious beliefs. Vos moves to No 8 to replace Warren Brosnihan, who is in the Springbok squad to tour Australia.
Meanwhile, Hennie le Roux is out of the Eastern Province squad. Le Roux is in the Springbok squad to tour Australia and New Zealand.
Gauteng Lions
:Thinus Delport, Jannie van der Walt, Joe Gillingham, Joe Esterhuizen, Pieter Hendriks, Louis van Rensburg, Johan Roux, Andre Vos, Ian Macdonald, Bruce Thorne, Wilnand Vlok, Kobus Wiese (captain), Kapstok van Greuning, Chris Rossouw, Balie Swart.
Reserves
: Dawie du Toit, Joggie Engelbrecht, JP du Plooy, Piet Krause, Faan Muller, Gerhard van Heerden.
Eastern Province
: Clive Terreblanche, Deon Kayser, Clinton van Rensburg, Ronnie Fourie, Henry Pedro, Riaan van Jaarsveld, Chad Alcock, Jacques Greeff, Sam Scott-Young/Barry Pinnock, Mathew Webber (captain), Cecil du Plessis, Adri Geldenhuys, Bees Liebenberg, Anton Minnie, Morne van der Merwe.